Conference Papers and Presentations (IIFET 2000)10th IIFET Conferencehttp://hdl.handle.net/1957/302142015-03-03T22:59:57Z2015-03-03T22:59:57ZIIFET [2000]: Invited Closing CommentsCopes, ParzivalAnderson, James L.Flaaten, Olahttp://hdl.handle.net/1957/358442012-12-21T22:39:03Z2001-01-01T00:00:00ZIIFET [2000]: Invited Closing Comments
Copes, Parzival; Anderson, James L.; Flaaten, Ola
Three speakers give their impressions of the conference with praise as well as suggestions for the future. The inter-disciplinary nature of the conference was praised as wellas the attempt to integrate non-economists and those outside of the academy. One suggested that "fisheries cannot be properly understood and cannot be properly managed, but in an
inter-disciplinary fashion. Fisheries policy is inextricably bound up in the triple objectives of biological conservation,
economic efficiency and social equity. To serve policy needs, good fisheries economics inevitably must mesh with
ecological and social considerations."
This is a summary of the speakers with the Anderson and Flaaten comments contributes by Gunnar Knapp. The title date is an error and should be 2000 rather than 2002.
2001-01-01T00:00:00ZTaking the Pulse of the UniverseRedbird Smith, Helen Mariehttp://hdl.handle.net/1957/354992012-12-05T00:17:03Z2001-01-01T00:00:00ZTaking the Pulse of the Universe
Redbird Smith, Helen Marie
There are, at least, four basic characteristics of the
universe that are the data source for North American
cultures in maintaining a balance between the physical
sense of the universe and the intuitive non-dimensional
spiritual sense of the universe. This balance is delicate
and can become distorted by too many words, too many
hypothetical constructs, too many models, and too many
non-related experiences. That is the senses become
contaminated and can no longer read the data that are
available.
2001-01-01T00:00:00ZCultural Biodiversity: Indigenous Relationships within Their EnvironmentHappynook, Tom Mexsishttp://hdl.handle.net/1957/354982012-12-05T00:15:20Z2001-01-01T00:00:00ZCultural Biodiversity: Indigenous Relationships within Their Environment
Happynook, Tom Mexsis
When we talk about indigenous cultural practices we are in fact talking about responsibilities that have evolved into
unwritten tribal laws over millennia. These responsibilities and laws are directly tied to nature and is a product of the slow
integration of cultures within their environment and the ecosystems. Thus, the environment is not a place of divisions but
rather a place of relations, a place where cultural diversity and bio-diversity are not separate but in fact need each other. The
most important aspects of cultural bio-diversity are those that integrate people, (the human relationship), with the ecosystems
found within their environment. Some indigenous practices had cultural importance at the time they were being practiced,
(arranged marriages, etc), but most indigenous practices, such as fishing, hunting and gathering have a much deeper
ecological management role. These indigenous practices maintained the balance within nature, the environment and the
ecosystems. I am not talking about the morality of the cultural practice, but rather the cultural practice of responsibility to
bio-diversity. It is from this perspective that we begin to realize that the realm of cultural diversity and bio-diversity are not
separate from the environment but rather connected through our relationships with the ecosystems. This is cultural biodiversity;
a practice which has been developed and nurtured over millennia; in the Nuu-chah-nulth language “Hishuk
Tsawalk”, everything is one, everything is connected.
In today’s world, laws have been created around “the human relationship aspect”. Unfortunately, these laws have established
a system that leaves humans outside of nature or makes us believe that we are dominant over the environment or a cancer on
this earth. We have even created a set of consequences for any broken human relations within this system: fines, prisons,
institutions, etc. On the other hand, indigenous peoples have lived within the “law of nature”. It is within this boundary that
our indigenous systems of justice, tribal laws, societies and cultural practices developed and have turned into the indigenous
rights of today.
2001-01-01T00:00:00ZIncome Sharing Amongst Medieval Peasants: Usury Prohibitions and the Non-Market Provision of InsuranceBekar, Cliffhttp://hdl.handle.net/1957/354972012-12-04T23:58:28Z2001-01-01T00:00:00ZIncome Sharing Amongst Medieval Peasants: Usury Prohibitions and the Non-Market Provision of Insurance
Bekar, Cliff
Traditional economic analysis posits market-based institutions as being substitutes for non-market based institutions.
The process of development then tends to be seen as the process of substituting the more efficient market based institutions for
their less efficient counterparts. This paper argues that non-market institutions are at times more efficient than market based
institutions. Informal pooling arrangements constituted an important method of non-market consumption smoothing for medieval
peasants. Usury prohibitions were promulgated in order to support such arrangements in the face of competition from more
market-based alternatives, i.e., the capital market.
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